Just What Is Going Through The Minds Of This Coucil?

[youngmafbog]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2421611/Wrong-sort-rubbish-Youll-red-card-Offending-bins-tagged-taken-away-unsuitable-items-removed.html

We often get the 'wrong rubbish' put in our bins by passers by on bin days, this would mean we would not get our bin emptied for weeks on end !

And are the bni men going to empty the bins out on to the pavement first to check?

I am not against recycling, I did it way before it became the right-on thing to do and I always repair rather then buy a new one, but this is nuts.

Obviously not shortage of money in this council.

[ummmm]

I foresee more fly-tipping....

[boxtops]

Nothing new, YMB - our binmen won't take our several recycling bins if the stuff's in the wrong bin, or is not recyclable and is put out for recycling. They don't go through it but usually it's easy to see from the top of the bin if there is (e.g.) paper or rubbish in the cans/glass bins.

I share your concern about passers-by (particularly round here with McDonalds wrappers) so most of us don't put the bins out until the morning that the collection is due.

[Ratty2E]

More money than sense, and how long is all this inspecting going to take. There is just no way I can see this working.

[naomi24]

I'd like to see them sort through our rubbish. I never put anything in the bin without first putting in a securely knotted black bin bag - but I recycle the right things anyway.

[ummmm]

Our binmen often turn up about 7.30am. That annoys me.

[Gromit]

Sorting items into different materials is very very easy. It is the sort of thing children learn in a nursery or infant school. So why some adult people pile all their rubbish into any bin without sorting it is a mystery.
Presumably, if broken glass or tins get mixed with paper, it will cause a problem at the recycling stage. It is unfeasable for the binmen to sort the mixed up bin at the roadside, so it seems perfectly reasonable to me that the person whos bin it is should sort it out. The alternative of someone else sorting it out and an extra bill for the additional time in processing it sent to the offeding address would probably be even more unpopular.

What better alternative can you suggest?

I don't think your council are doing it because it is 'the right-on thing to do'. Most Conservative Council's actively recycle. The reason is to save money on the cost of landfill. The less you put in a big hole in the ground, the more your council has to spend on the elderly and local amenities.

[boxtops]

It works well for us (as long as people abide by the rules). Our binmen come any time after 7am. They do a green collection too, but we have to pay £40 pa for that - we've clubbed together with neighbours to share the cost - we can put out up to 6 containers of greenstuff (cuttings, hedge clippings etc) every fortnight.

[naomi24]

I don’t see why people have such a big problem with recycling. It’s not rocket science. I think they’re just too lazy to be bothered, in which case serves them right if the binmen won’t take what they leave in the wrong bins.

[boxtops]

Hear hear, naomi

[ummmm]

Our council have just issued green bags. They will only take two bags a week and the bags 'have' to have the councils logo on.

We can put out as much recycling as we want, which is collected weekly.

[bazwillrun]

"I think they’re just too lazy to be bothered"

you mean like the councils who cant be bothered to sort the rubbish.

Just remind me who is supposed to be working for who here. Who gets paid to provide services ?

[naomi24]

The council is providing the service we pay them to provide. The service they offer is to collect domestic waste which they collect separately from recycled waste.

[vulcan42]

The problem here is how the different councils sort the recycled stuff after they collect it. My council take all recycled items, glass, paper, tins,cardboard etc in the same bin. It's easy for the householder and must be economical for the council, I wonder why all councils don't do it this way?

[naomi24]

Only paper, cardboard, tins, and some plastics are allowed in our recycling bins. I take glass to the bottle bank.

I must admit I was a bit miffed when I read that some of Britain’s recycling ends up being burnt for fuel in China.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/3549153/Recycling-shipped-to-China-to-be-burnt-as-cheap-fuel.html

[ummmm]

We have a box for plastics/tins, glass, paper, food and bags for textiles.

It's a pain. They take up too much room in a house with limited storage.

[naomi24]

A friend of mine has a council that requires people to use multiple bins. To cut down, she takes her glass, newspapers and textiles to the public banks.

[Sqad]

What is the point in having bins for every household?

Why can't the responsibility be for the householder to pack the recycled and non recycled waste into appropriate bags and take them to a central collecting area spaced say...every 1-2 thousand metres?

[ummmm]

Bad idea, Sqad.

[naomi24]

We don't have any collections at all at our house in Spain. We take everything to a central collection area.

[Sqad]

naomi....exactly......and it is collected EVERY day.